Sustainable roadway construction: Energy consumption and material waste generation of roadways

Construction Research Congress 2005: Broadening Perspectives - Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 203-215

  Gambatese, John A ^a   Rajendran, Sathyanarayanan ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Concrete; Energy; Life cycle; Sustainability; Waste

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; ROADWAYS; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE;

ASPHALT; CONCRETES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; ROADWAY SUPPORTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 27644544115     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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